Good to see you're not blinded by hatred and incapable of rational thoughts....Clearly - but you're steeped in MAGA Fox News Kool aide-think, so your opinion, is influenced by tribal, emotional, reasoning - and not based on a sober look at facts.
You like Trump - by your own admission.
A narcissist. A liar. A womanizer. A felon convicted of sexual assault. A con-man. A grifter. A demagogue.
Were a Democrat running for President with these same traits you'd be enraged and rightly so. But you give Trump a pass for this.
The worst aspect of Trump and his movement for me is not his policies per-se. It's his denial of fact. Whether crowd size at his events, or climate change, or vaccines, just to name a few. This is unacceptable from any politician, for me - and so it should be for you, but it's not - which means you're not thinking clearly. Trump is going to lead America into very dangerous actions during the next 4 years.
Lest you think that I'm some sort of left-wing nut hating on Trump just because he's a Republican - let me disabuse you of that misperception. I'd gladly have considered voting for Romney should he have run and would have weighed up each candidate's policy choices carefully before making a decision on whom to vote for.
Into the mix, there's the fact that Trump is a power-loving egomaniac with a stranglehold on US Republican politics. There's every chance that he'll rig voting to remain in power, two-term constitutional limit be damned. He'll find a way, by force if necessary - and time will tell if American institutions can stop him. And yeah I get that he's nearly 80 - but look at his parents and how long they both lived - there's a good chance that Trump is alive and kicking at 95 years old.
Dude - don't be disingenuous. By your own admission you stated that you like Trump.Good to see you're not blinded by hatred and incapable of rational thoughts....
Not sure where you get me liking trump or having any interest in maga/fox from? I still find it incredible that you managed as a nation of almost 370m people to whittle it down to Harris and trump as your best options.
I'm not arsed with any of them and I don't 'like' trump. I may have said I love him (and Hitler in the same post). This is called irony and sarcasm - there is a lot of it about on this side of the pond.Dude - don't be disingenuous. By your own admission you stated that you like Trump.
On the second point - I like Harris. I like Biden. And I detest Trump.
If you somehow don't like either -you like Trump, that's clear - what candidate would you have voted for instead - if you were a US citizen and were able to pick the perfect candidate of your own choice?
I never said that you were a rapist or murderer.I'm not arsed with any of them and I don't 'like' trump. I may have said I love him (and Hitler in the same post). This is called irony and sarcasm - there is a lot of it about on this side of the pond.
I think the discomfort you feel is that I don't agree with you. This is fine and all part of the human condition. This doesn't automatically mean I like trump, I'm a maga loon or I'm a rapist/ murderer etc. it just means that I think different things to you about some things.
I don't care about trumps character and his position on climate change is so clear I don't think it merits any actual discussion. To be honest I just don't regard trump as a source of useful information. I realise it's easier to make complex problems a binary issue, but I don't think you can just carve humanity up into for and against trump. That argument doesn't even matter anymore. Trump has happened to you, it's history already.I never said that you were a rapist or murderer.
I fail to see the "irony" in your posts in favor of Trump.
But let's for the moment give you a pass on your pro-Trump positions.
You still haven't disclosed the candidate whom you would have voted for were you a US citizen and were you magically able to make your candidate the Republican/Democratic nominee.
From where I sit - you're a pretend-neutral. Let's weigh up the Trump side versus the other side. Which fucking amounts to - let's weight up fact free nonsense versus fact-based reasoning. You do this time and time again.
Look - I'm more than willing to debate positions based on factual arguments. But I've no tolerance whatsoever for lies. And you, MSC, are all too willing to prop up Trump's bullshit lies as a counter to truth. And you've been emboldened to do so more and more often following Trump's election.
I've heard jack shit from you about Trump's character. Or his lies about climate change. Or his lies about vaccines. Or his lies about NATO. Or his alarming withdrawal from the WHO and from the climate accords. Not a fucking whit. And each of these positions have jack shit to do with Right vs Left. Instead it has to do with Lies vs Truth. And you're squarely in the camp of Lies.
A fucking unresponsive post. I asked a simple question - which candidate for US President would you magically place in office ahead of Trump were you able to do so?I don't care about trumps character and his position on climate change is so clear I don't think it merits any actual discussion. To be honest I just don't regard trump as a source of useful information. I realise it's easier to make complex problems a binary issue, but I don't think you can just carve humanity up into for and against trump. That argument doesn't even matter anymore. Trump has happened to you, it's history already.
I think you are fighting a battle in your head and on the internet that ended last November. You had two comedy candidates and the nation made it's comedy choice.A fucking unresponsive post. I asked a simple question - which candidate for US President would you magically place in office ahead of Trump were you able to do so?
Instead, you state that character in a leader doesn't matter to you. And that lies about climate change don't matter to you. And that yes, folks, there's good folks on both sides. Trump isn't so bad after all. Fuck that. Trump is the worst President we've ever, ever had and we'll be lucky if America is still a Democracy after he dies. But no matter - criticism of Trump is OK, but hey, let's debate that - whatabout XYZ. Jesus Christ on a stick.
You clearly have no concept of the importance of character, truth, and fact-based governance. And you're not alone - more than half of American voters are with you.I think you are fighting a battle in your head and on the internet that ended last November. You had two comedy candidates and the nation made it's comedy choice.
No, I just don't agree with you. I think different things about some stuff.You clearly have no concept of the importance of character, truth, and fact-based governance. And you're not alone - more than half of American voters are with you.
If I had a magic curse to place on you - I would curse you to live under Trump-like regimes for the next 150 years or so. And be totally fucked by climate change, possibly killed or your relatives killed by emergent pathogens, and likely under attack from Russia or China after they carve up the rest of the world with no opposition from America.
For whatever reason this isn't getting through to you (it's tribal, though - your sources of "news" support this). You are entitled to your own position - you are not entitled to your own facts. I'm happy to debate fact-based reasoning. You, however, are in the fact-free camp, for which no amount of debate can ever, ever prevail.
And still - no President whom you would have preferred. No position on all of the topics I outlined.No, I just don't agree with you. I think different things about some stuff.
Bro, relax, no one is going to carve up the rest of the world. Just calm down.and likely under attack from Russia or China after they carve up the rest of the world with no opposition from America.
With respect, I think you're off the mark.Bro, relax, no one is going to carve up the rest of the world. Just calm down.
he will be 84 if he runs for re-election in 2026
Precisely BMATP.And still - no President whom you would have preferred. No position on all of the topics I outlined.
You sir, are simply a propaganda machine in service of Trump, until such time as you make clear where you stand on the numerous simple questions I've stated - WTF? You can't even state your position on issues which you debate. This is worse even than lying about facts - you're not taking a stand and then, not having stated your position, arguing against others willy-nilly on the basis of taking a "neutral" stance after considering "both sides."
Well fuck the both-sides-ism. The world is round - but there are those who believe it's flat. Perhaps we should reconsider whether or not the world is round.
The earth is approximately 4 billion years old. But there are those who think it's only a thousand years or so old. And that dinosaurs walked with men. Perhaps we should debate this - giving both sides a fair shake.
Evolution and the emergence of traits among creatures is universally accepted among scientists and has been proven with experiments. But intelligent design argues that a divine creator actually directs evolution. Perhaps we should debate this - or better yet, mandate the teaching of intelligent design in our classrooms to let students decide.
Yes - it's only fair. We need to be open to "both sides." Which fucking misses the essence of science. Science doesn't care about sides at all. Instead, it proceeds on the basis of hypotheses, experiments, and repeatable results. Ideas that don't comport with experiment are discarded - they can't be true. Ideas that comport with facts are, for the moment, accepted as likely true - subject of course to revision should further advances in experimental evidence prove otherwise.
he will be 84 if he runs for re-election in 2026
It's all about the "world view". Maybe you should try to read or see some positive aspects of China? You are , I don't know how to say, worrying too much?With respect, I think you're off the mark.
China wants Taiwan. And will at some point invade. China's economy is on a house of cards so perhaps their government implodes before this. What happens next is anyone's guess.
Russia is expansionist. Clearly. And Ukraine isn't going to be the end of their ambitions. Even if Putin dies, their next leader is likely to be of the same ilk, or worse.
If you think otherwise - well, beats me why you think so. Because history is the best predictor of what's going to happen next.
he will be 84 if he runs for re-election in 2026
It's all about the "world view". Maybe you should try to read or see some positive aspects of China? You are , I don't know how to say, worrying too much?
China did not undergo the Age of Exploration or engage in global colonial expansion. The Chinese mindset is fundamentally akin to that of farmers; we simply labor in our own land for our own survival, even in today's industrialized era. Does this make sense to you?